Seasonal and spatial variability in growth of Mytilus edulis L. in a brackish sound: Comparisons of individual mussel growth and growth of size classes

Fisheries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Dolmer, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blue mussels; Individual growth; Mytilus edulis; Size class growth; Size specific mortality

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MUSSEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE CLASS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DENMARK;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0031860665     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(97)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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